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It was a bittersweet feeling being around so many grave sites and seeing how many generations have called Savannah home. It was really interesting to read about how many places some of the people lived and all of the things they accomplished before dying at such an early age (versus today's life expectancy.)

We didn't have a chance to tour it as much as we wanted, but we were glad to learn some of the history of the current "residents" from the historical markers. I have a soft spot for old cemeteries, and this was one of the better ones. We plan on completing our tour on another visit, as well as getting...
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Really enjoyed strolling through and ready the background information posted about the people and events in early Savannah history. The tour beyond good and evil with Nicodemus gives a behind the scene picture about local historical events surrounding this cemetery.

This is a very beautiful cemetery, a short walk from River Street, and just so happend to be directly across from the house we rented for the week of our wedding. Our wedding date was set for Oct. 30th, the same day he proposed on the year prior, and planned to take place in Bonaventure Cemetery (apparently a very common...
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Walking around the old graves - some of them above-ground crypts, some raised tombs, and others simply flat on the ground and reading the inscriptions gives one a sense of the lives of the now-interred residents of Historic Savannah. Loving husband, faithful wife, precious children taken too soon, these are the legacies that the living relatives inscribed as final goodbye's...
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